Man arrested after police manning Salisbury cordon ‘abused and assaulted’
The man has been arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly, assaulting a police officer and a racially-aggravated public order offence.
A man has been arrested after police officers manning cordons put in place in Salisbury following the nerve agent attack were allegedly abused and assaulted.
Uniformed officers are assisting with the investigation into the poisonings of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal, 66, and his 33-year-old daughter Yulia.
Wiltshire Police said the incident happened when the officers attended a report of a man behaving aggressively nearby.
A 56-year-old man, from Salisbury, was arrested at about 5pm on Monday in Castle Street, close to the cordon around Zizzi’s restaurant.
Wiltshire Police said a man has been arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly, assaulting a police officer and a racially-aggravated public order offence. He remains in police custody.
“The vast majority of the community of Salisbury have been overwhelmingly polite and welcoming to not only Wiltshire Police officers, but others from across the UK who are providing assistance.
“However, we will not tolerate any aggressive or abusive behaviour towards our officers.”
